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|Trustees'report|1-4|
|Independent examiner's report|5|
|Statement of financial activities|6|
|Statement of financial position|7 - 8|
|Statement of cash flows|9|
|Notes to the financial statements|10-22|





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|**Notes**||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Income from:**||||||||
|Donations and legacies|**2**|55,649|147,474|203,123|51,612|231,770|283,382|
|Charitable activities|**3**|556,111|-|556,111|466,537|-|466,537|
|Other trading activities|**4**|-|-|-|293|-|293|
|**Total income**||611,760|147,474|759,234|518,442|231,770|750,212|
|**Expenditure on:**||||||||
|Charitable activities|5|648,908|147,474|796,382|503,783|231,770|735,553|
|**Total expenditure**||648,908|147,474|796,382|503,783|231,770|735,553|
|**Net income/(expenditure) **|**and**|||||||
|**movement in funds**||(37,148)|-|(37,148)|14,659|-|14,659|
|**Reconciliation of funds:**||||||||
|Fund balances at 1 April 2023||204,407|-|204,407|189,748|-|189,748|
|**Fund balances at 31 March**||||||||
|**2024**||167,259|-|167,259|204,407|-|204,407|





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|**Fixed assets**||||||
|Tangible assets|**11**||5,973||4,866|
|**Current assets**||||||
|Debtors|**12**|47,858||73,532||
|Cash at bank and in hand||161,013||187,990||
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|**Creditors: amounts falling due within**||||||
|**one year**|**14**|(37,085)||(42,481)||
|Net current assets|||171,786||219,041|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**|||177,759||223,907|
|**Creditors: amounts falling due after**||||||
|**more than one year**|**15**||(10,500)||(19,500)|
|**Net assets**|||167,259||204,407|
|**Income funds**||||||
|Unrestricted funds|||167,259||204,407|
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|**Cash flows from operating activities**||||||
|**Cash absorbed by operations**|**23**||(14,027)||(11,395)|
|**Investing activities**||||||
|**Purchase of tangible fixed assets**||(3,950)||(976)||
|**Net cash used in investing activities**|||(3,950)||(976)|
|**Financing activities**||||||
|**Repayment of bank loans**||(9,000)||(9,000)||
|**Net cash used in financing activities**|||(9,000)||(9,000)|
|**Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents**|||(26,977)||(21,371)|
|**Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year**|||187,990||209,361|
|**Cash and cash equivalents at end of year**|||161,013||187,990|





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|Grants receivable|52,235|147,474|199,709|51,612|231,770|283,382|
|Donated goods and services|3,414|-|3,414|-|-|-|
||55,649|147,474|203,123|51,612|231,770|283,382|
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|**Grants receivable for core activities**|||||||
|Sandwell MBC Play Scheme|||||12,407|12,407|
|BBC Children In Need|-|33,024|33,024|-|30,672|30,672|
|Erasmus|2,989|-|2,989|1,889|-|1,889|
|Harborne Parish Lands|-|7,875|7,875|-|8,385|8,385|
|Inclusion Support|-|29,170|29,170|-|28,714|28,714|
|Kickstart|-|-|-|-|10,296|10,296|
|Ladywood ESF|-|69,005|69,005|-|89,831|89,831|
|National Literacy Trust|-|-|-|-|51,465|51,465|
|Real Project||6,000|6,000|-|-|-|
|SCVO||2,400|2,400|-|-|-|
|SMBC|49,246|-|49,246|49,723|-|49,723|
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|Income from charitable activities|121,908|115,558|89,327|102,415|114,941|-|544,149|464,687|
|Other income|-|**-**|-|-|-|11,962|11,962|1,850|
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|Income from charitable activities|101,571|108,369|82,432|69,793|102,522|-|464,687|
|Other income|**-**|-|-|**-**|-|1,850|1,850|
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|Staff costs|615,679|513,233|
|Depreciation and impairment|2,843|2,580|
|Food, other staff costs and other costs|7,928|6,597|
|Childcare resources|9,201|20,039|
||635,651|542,449|
|Share of support costs (see note 6)|152,112|184,209|
|Share of governance costs (see note 6)|8,619|8,895|
||796,382|735,553|
|**Analysis by fund**|||
|Unrestricted funds|648,908|503,783|
|Restricted funds|147,474|231,770|
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|Rent|51,034||51,034|54,682||54,682|
|Rates and water|314||314|193||193|
|Insurance|7,703||7,703|7,192||7,192|
|Light and heat|3,620||3,620|4,513||4,513|
|Telephone|6,711||6,711|4,558||4,558|
|Postage and stationery|1,210||1,210|1,774||1,774|
|Sundries|2,034||2,034|2,900||2,900|
|Repairs and renewals|5,975||5,975|4,341||4,341|
|Other staff costs|44,044||44,044|78,306||78,306|
|Travel expenses|4,488||4,488|3,732||3,732|
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|parties|1,672||1,672|2,466||2,466|
|Cleaning and waste|||||||
|disposal|11,473||11,473|10,998||10,998|
|Computer costs|11,056||11,056|7,515||7,515|
|Bank Charges|166||166|198||198|
|Bank loan interest|612||612|841||841|
|Pension and employment|||||||
|advice||6,599|6,599||6,295|6,295|
|Independant examiners|||||||
|fee||2,020|2,020||2,600|2,600|
||152,112|8,619|160,731|184,209|8,895|193,104|
|Analysed between|||||||
|Charitable activities|152,112|8,619|160,731|184,209|8,895|193,104|



|**7 **|**Net movement in funds**|**2024**|**2023**|
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||Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets|2,843|2,580|
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|Direct Delivery|**38**|36|
|**Employment costs**|**2024**|**2023**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Wages and salaries|575,996|481,130|
|Social security costs|31,359|25,409|
|Other pension costs|8,324|6,694|
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|**Cost**||
|At 1 April 2023|10,641|
|Additions|3,950|
|At 31 March 2024|14,591|
|**Depreciation and impairment**||
|At 1 April 2023|5,775|
|Depreciation charged in the year|2,843|
|At 31 March 2024|8,618|
|**Carrying amount**||
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|At 31 March 2023|4,866|





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||**Amounts falling due within one year:**||**£**|**£**|
||Trade debtors||21,525|23,955|
||Prepayments and accrued income||26,333|49,577|
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|**13 **|**Loans and overdrafts**||||
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||Bank loans||19,500|28,500|
||Payable within one year||9,000|9,000|
||Payable after one year||10,500|19,500|
|**14 **|**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**||||
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|||**Notes**|**£**|**£**|
||Bank loans|**13**|9,000|9,000|
||Other taxation and social security||5,102|4,519|
||Trade creditors||3,073|49|
||Other creditors||1,130|643|
||Accruals and deferred income||18,780|28,270|
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|**15 **|**Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year**||||
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|||**Notes**|**£**|**£**|
||Bank loans|**13**|10,500|19,500|
|**16 **|**Retirement benefit schemes**||||
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|BBC Children in Need|-|33,024|(33,024)|-|
|Harborne Parish Lands|-|7,875|(7,875)|-|
|Inclusion Support|-|29,170|(29,170)|-|
|Ladywood ESF|-|69,005|(69,005)|-|
|Real Project|-|6,000|(6,000)|-|
|SCVO|-|2,400|(2,400)|-|
||-|147,474|(147,474)|-|
|**Previous year:**|**At 1 April**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**At 31 March**|
||**2022**|**resources**|**expended**|**2023**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Sandwell MBC Play Scheme|-|12,407|(12,407)|-|
|BBC Children in Need|-|30,672|(30,672)|-|
|Harborne Parish Lands|-|8,385|(8,385)|-|
|Inclusion Support|-|28,714|(28,714)|-|
|Kickstart|-|10,296|(10,296)|-|
|Ladywood ESF|-|89,831|(89,831)|-|
|National Literacy Trust|-|51,465|(51,465)|-|
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|General funds|204,407|611,760|(648,908)|167,259|
|**Previous year:**|**At 1 April**|**Incoming**|**Resources**|**At 31 March**|
||**2022**|**resources**|**expended**|**2023**|
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|Cash at bank and in hand|187,990|(26,977)|161,013|
|Loans falling due within one year|(9,000)|-|(9,000)|
|Loans falling due after more than one year|(19,500)|9,000|(10,500)|
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||(Deficit)/surpus for the year|(37,148)|14,659|
||Adjustments for:|||
||Depreciation and impairment of tangible fixed assets|2,843|2,580|
||Movements in working capital:|||
||Decrease/(increase) in debtors|25,674|(3,438)|
||(Decrease) in creditors|(5,396)|(25,196)|
||**Cash absorbed by operations**|(14,027)|(11,395)|